A multi-objective decision-making model to select waste electrical and electronic equipment transportation media

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 66, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-84

  Achillas, Ch ^a   Aidonis, D ^b   Vlachokostas, Ch ^c   Moussiopoulos, N ^c   Banias, G ^a   Triantafillou, D ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b Alexander Technological Educational Institute   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Multicriteria optimisation; Multiple objective linear programming; Reverse logistics; Transportation; WEEE

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING MODELS; ECONOMIC VALUES; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMISATION MODELS; OPTIMISATIONS; PLANNING PERIOD; RECYCLING FACILITIES; REVERSE LOGISTICS; REVERSE LOGISTICS NETWORK; TOTAL LOGISTICS COSTS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE;

COSTS; FOSSIL FUELS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LOGISTICS; TRANSPORTATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOSSIL FUEL; LINEAR PROGRAMING; LOGISTICS; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CONTAINER; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIPLE OBEJECTIVE LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; WASTE; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 84864423551     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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